Trial of ex-GCHQ worker from Rochdale to be heard partly in secret
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA former GCHQ employee accused of damaging national security by taking top secret data home will be tried partly in secret, a senior judge has decided.
Hasaan Arshad, 25, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has been charged with an offence under the Computer Misuse Act after an investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.
On Wednesday (December 18), Mrs Justice McGowan confirmed his trial would take place next March 31 at the Old Bailey in London.
The senior judge also ruled that some witnesses would give evidence anonymously and parts of the trial would be heard behind closed doors, in the absence of the press and public.
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